PSP Coder Xandu has released an alternative music player for the psp called Xandu's Media Player 2, also known as XMP 2. Xandu explains that this homebrew is designed to make your psp function more like an ipod, while giving the same look and feel as an ipod.

Here are the features so far in XMP 2:

• Supported formats: MP3, WAV, MOD, S3M, IT and more!
• iPod graphics (including animated songbar)
• iPod clickwheel using analog
• Mp3 streaming (which means you can load up huge sized Mp3s)
• Music Quiz
• Album Art
• ID3 tags
• iTunes friendly (song info)
• Lyrics functional

Download: [Xandu's Media Player 2]

Xx FightStar xX has released his homebrew game: Halo Genocide. You all are probably familiar with the common Halo games, but his Halo game is a version of the Halo CE (combat evolved).

Heres his current features:

*Weapon pickup/selection, 3 weapons (Pistol, Machine Gun, Sniper), Weapon Armor and Ammo (individual for each weapon)

*Weapon power and ammo (for certain weapons)

*3 differrent types of enemies

*Menu and Intro

*4 levels

*Scrolling

*Interesting story (Similiar to the game)

*Smooth animation and weapon selection

*Impressive HUD which keeps you updated with things

Xx FightStar xX also explains that the game is a bit buggy and that the crosshair has to be exactly/almost on the enemy for it to hit. Good job there FightStar, we hope to see your next versions!

Download: Halo: Genocide

PSPSource has just announced their summer coding competition. All you homebrew developers out there won't want to miss out on this one as the prizes are more than generous. Take a look below at the rules and list of prizes. Good Luck!

Rules

 

• A splashscreen has to be present for five seconds before the game or the program itself.
• The eboot must be playable on a homebrew-compatible psp firmware.
• The PSPSource Team will choose the top 10 best games/tools  but the community will be voting for the final winners.
• The competition will end on Sept 7.

 

Prizes

•  First Place – Burnout Dominator and 8GB Sony Memory Stick PRO Duo
• Second Place – Rainbow Six: VEGAS and 4GB Memory Stick PRO Duo
• Third Place – Legend of the Dragon and 2GB Memory Stick PRO Duo
• Special Prize for best gameporting – PSP Go!Cam  (the games you can port are: Duke Nukem 1/2, You don´t know Jack or 4D-Sports Driving)

 

For more info and how to register check the link provided below.

- Registration and info

It seems the long awaited SNES update has finally arrived. However, it comes not from Ruka, YoyoFR, or Laxer3a, but from DAVEX. This update to the SNES emulator will be an add on to the current SNES9xTYL++, so be sure to have a copy before proceeding with DAVEX's update. The features are, drum roll please…

• Quick save state [press RTRIGGER + SELECT] and quick load state[ RTRIGGER + START]
• 2. Auto-fire [Available in CONTROLS main menu]

You may use the links below to download both SNES9xTYL++ and DAVEX's update, just be sure to check out the instructions.

- Download SNESxTYL++

- Download DAVEX's update

There are reports that Sony has already patched the Japanese version of Lumines, making it require Firmware 3.51. This prevents the Illuminati exploit, meaning no downgrading for newer versions of Lumines.

The recent Homebrew exploit called Illuminati used a save game exploit in the game Lumines similar to the GTA save game hole. This resulted in a downgrader for all PSP firmwares 3.50 and below.

Lumines has been patched fairly quickly compared to the Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, Sony is working fast to prevent more people from downgrading.

Expect to see patched versions of Lumines in areas other then Japan very soon, so if you are looking to downgrade you need to act fast.

Fresh on the virtual shelves available for download is MediumGauge's newest revision of PSP Filer. For those of you who are unfamiliar with PSP filer, this program allows you to organize your files as well as access the flash folders to customize the look of your PSP. Great for on the go modification. Everybody loves to keep things tidy and pimped out at the same time right? If your nodding your head or saying yes, then you should give this program a shot. Without further ado, here's the change log for v3.51…

-Fixed a bug allowing files " ", "." and ".." to be created on RAMDISK
-Fixed missing option to overwrite files on flash0/1
-Able to delete read-only files
-Able to play low bit rate and high sampling MP3 files
e.g. less than 48kbps and 44.1Khz
-Files and directories are now drawn with different colours
-When copying/moving files, selecting cancel in 'confirm overwrite' dialog will not close copying dialog

For now you can use the link below to download directly from MediumGauge's site, but check back for a direct download from pspbrew.

Link to our download section has now been added.

- Download (Pspbrew) 

- Download (MediumGauge)